Took the cell phone for a walk up the hills behind home last nite. (Makara, Wellington) Comet C/2024 G3 Atlas made a brief appearance. #comet #astronomy #astrophotography
Karearea. New Zealand Falcon. Old colour pencil drawing done years ago. Scanned it into procreate and digitally finished it off. 😁 #falcon #raptors #Birds
#digitalillustration
#procreate #globalbirding
#SciArt #birdillustration #birdartist #newzealandbirds
A Tui at dusk (endemic to New Zealand) feeding on nectar from a flax plant. The orange on its forehead is pollen from the flax.
#birding
#naturephotography #birds #wildlifephotography #newzealandbirds
#Birds #birdphotogaphy #digitalillustration
#Tui
White-fronted Heron. Found a colour pencil drawing that I abandoned 10 or so years ago - got bogged down in the detail. So scanned it into procreate and “finished” it off, at last.😁 #heron #Birds
#digitalillustration
#procreate #globalbirding
#SciArt #birdillustration #birdartist #newzealandbirds
Paralomis zealandica, a species of king crab. This one was caught and photographed from the Chatham Rise, New Zealand from approximately 600metres. #marinelife #crabs #crustateans #crustmas #SciArt #newzealand
Starlings nesting in a fishing buoy hanging from my shed have fledged and are out and about the garden. Parents still on feeding duty. #starlings #fledgling #birds
White-chinned Petrel. Drawn with Procreate in support of ABUN conservation campaign for Marion Island using a ref pic by Ben Dilley.
#Seabirds #birds #globalbirding #SciArt #birdillustration #birdartist #birdart #scientificillustration #petrel
Red Moki - Cheilodactylus spectabilis
Colour pencil illustration (75x48cm) done in 2008.
#marinelife #fish #fishart #scientificillustration #SciArt #newzealand
Oyster mushrooms and herbs from the garden for dinner. 😁🍄🟫
#fungi
#mushrooms
#oystermushroom
#fungifriends
#herbs #garden #organic
Pot-bellied seahorse photographed off south coast, Wellington, NZ then digitally added to.
#marinelife #photoillustration #seahorse #SciArt
